Spring-vehicle



(No Model.)

G. DELKER SPRING VEHICLE.

Patented Au UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE DELKER, HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

SPRING-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,016, dated August1, 1882.

Application filed December 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE DELKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Henderson, in the county of Henderson and State of Kentucky,have invented certain Improvements in Spring-Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a mode of combin ing a phaeton shaped body orone elevated at back with a side-spring gear. To this end I constructthe body with a flat portion which in some styles will be central and inother styles in frontot'the center, and I attach such fiat portion orbase of the body to longitudinal rigid bars or side bolsters, bolted,clipped, or otherwise securedto the side springs at or near theircenters, ,as hereinafter described.

The invention further consists in combining with the-aforesaidphaeton-shaped body, or a body elevated at back and having a flat baseportion, (when the said flat base portion is in front of the center bywhich the attachment is to be made to the side springs,) rigid bracessupporting the back part from the rigid bars before referred to, bywhich the body is connected to the center or near the center of the sidesprings.

My present invention, in common with others for which I haveheretoforeobtained Letters Patent, has for its object the adaptation ofphaeton styles to side-spring gears in such a manner as to permit theuse of high front wheels without a cranked or downwardly-bent frontaxle, and with a rigidly braced connection between the front and backparts of the gear, which will prevent the strainingof the wheels out ofparallel planes in the event of the vehicle being loaded unequally ormore heavily on one side than on the other.

In order that my invention may be understood, I will proceed to describeit with referencetotheaccompanyingdrawings,which illustrate myimprovements under various modifications, all, however, embodying oneand the same principle.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one style of side-spring gear to whichmy phaeton-body and improved supports are applicable; Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5,and 6 are side views, illustrating my improved mode of applyingdifferent forms of bodies and supports to the said side-spring gear.

A represents the rear axle; B, the front axle; O, the front cross-bar; DD, the side bars connecting the rear axle, A, and the cross-bar O incustomary manner; E E, side springs hung at back to a transverseequalizing bar or rod, F, and in front to the cross-bar G or they may beshortened up and attached to the side bars in the same way front andback.

G G represent side bolsters, which may be of wood, iron, or steel,mounted upon the centers of the side springs, E E, for the reception ofthe body H.

The body is shown at H under various forms in the different figures. Itis formed with a flat base,..h, which, in the illustration shown in Fig.2, is at or near the center of the body, adapting it to be secured bythe same bolts, I I, which pass directly through the centers of the sidebolsters, G, and the side springs, E. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 illustratedifferent forms in which the flat attaching-base it necessarily comes infront of the center of the body, so as to rest upon the forward ends ofthe side bolsters, G, the said bolsters being fastened at their centersby bolts I I, or clips or eqiiivalent means, to the centers of thesprings, as before.

J J represent rigid brace-bars of different forms for supporting therearend of the bodyH in thesecases whereits form brings thesupporting-baseinfrontofthecenter. Theformshown in Fig. 3 is adapted forthe use of light curved bars or rods, as shown at K K, simply for thepurpose of giving a finish, the braces J J being relied on for backsupport. Fig. 2 illustrates the use of transverse bars F, both front andback, for the suspension of theside springs, the springs being shortenedup. I am thus enabled to hang the body lower. Any of the styles of bodymay be hung in this way.

In Fig. 4 L represents leather straps for the purpose of imparting afinish, instead of the lightironsK. In Fig.5light bars K are shown underanother form and arrangement, and in Fig. 6 light curved bars,constituting false or mock C-springs, which may be connected to the backof the body by leather straps. These embellishments to impart a finishare shown for the purpose of illustrating various 2. The combination ofa body, H, havingia modes in which a finish may be imparted to flatbase, h, and an elevated back, with side the work, and will serve tosuggest others. bolsters, G G,rear supporting-braces, JJ, side Havingthus described my invention,the folsprings, E E, and connecting bolts orclips I1, 15 5 lowing is whatI claim as new and desire tosesubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

cure by Letters Patent:

1. A body of phaeton shape, or elevated at GEORGE DELKER. back,supportedfromthe centers ofside springs, E E, through the medium of sidebolsters, G G, Witnesses: :o to which the flat base h of the body issecured, I. E. WITHERS,

substantially as herein described. JULIUS N. J ORGENSON.

